Kerry: Agent Orange and an American Family

by Clifford L. Linedecker, Michael Ryan, Maureen Ryan

(From Book Jacket) "When Maureen Ryan gave birth to a daughter, Kerry, suffering from serious birth defects, her husband Michael and Michael's mother assured her that is was not Maureen's fault or anyone's fault - if this was God's will, the family would find the strength to deal with it. But as Kerry's parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles worked to keep Kerry alive and a treasured part of a loving family, the Ryans gradually became aware that Kerry's tragedy might not have been a matter of God's will, but the consequence of deliberate government policy during the Vietnam War."

240 pages, print

First published April 1, 1982

About the author

Clifford L. Linedecker is a former daily newspaper journalist with eighteen years experience on the Philadelphia Inquirer, Rochester (N.Y.) Times-Union, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, and several other Indiana newspapers. He is an experienced investigative reporter who has covered police and the courts on each of the papers where he was employed. He is a former articles editor for National Features Syndicate in Chicago, and for "County Rambler" magazine. He is the author of numerous true crime titles, including The Man Who Killed Boys, Night Stalker, Killer Kids, Blood in the Sand, and Deadly White Female.